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The Michigan Messenger going forward

By Staff Report | 11.16.11

I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]

Colorado-based abstinence program provided false and misleading information to Michigan students

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.16.11

An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.

Class action lawsuit filed against MERS over unpaid taxes

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.15.11

Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.

Schuette fights important mercury regulations

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By Eartha Jane Melzer | 11.14.11

Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.

Posts Tagged Colorado

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Colorado teen battles to attend school and continue medical pot use

By Todd A. Heywood | 02.08.11 | 3:08 pm

A Colorado teen has been told that if he consumes his legal medical marijuana, he cannot attend classes at his school or he will be “in internal possession” of the drug.

Colorado clerk removes inaccurate touch-screen voting machine

By Ed Brayton | 10.31.08 | 12:21 pm

Our sister site, the Colorado Independent, reports that the county clerk in Adams County, Colo., has removed a voting machine that was flipping votes from one candidate to another.

Why McCain’s Michi-gone: It’s all about the Senate

By LoRayne Apo-Joynt | 10.06.08 | 11:33 am

With the presidential race looking grim, the GOP uses McCain to defend Senate seats in key states

Rove tricks? McCain absentee ballots raise questions

By Diane Sweet | 09.13.08 | 10:01 am

Non-standard unsolicited absentee ballots are being mailed by McCain’s campaign; is this a “dirty trick”?

Plot against Obama continues to unravel in Colorado

By Todd A. Heywood | 08.26.08 | 5:16 pm

Federal and local authorities in Colorado continue to unravel an alleged plot to assassinate Sen. Barack Obama at Invesco Field in downtown Denver on Thursday night. And the posters on the white nationalist Web site Stormfront message board continue to distance their movement and deny involvement in any such plot, referring to those arrested as [...]